{"id":911499,"date":"2026-09-30T22:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T22:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/911499\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T22:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T22:22:08","slug":"ufc-332-fight-card-marcus-mcghee-books-new-opponent-3-days-from-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/911499\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 332 fight card: Marcus McGhee books new opponent 3 days from event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The UFC 332 fight card has a late shakeup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The promotion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/updates-to-ufc-332-silva-vs-wang\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> Wednesday that Marcus McGhee (11-2) is now set to fight newcomer Anthony Romero (7-2, 1 NC) at this Saturday\u2019s event in Salt Lake City. Romero steps in on just three days\u2019 notice as a replacement for Bernardo Sopaj, who was forced to withdraw due to injury. The bout now takes place at featherweight after originally being scheduled for bantamweight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">McGhee recently got back on the winning track after suffering his first UFC loss to Petr Yan. \u201cThe Maniac\u201d earned a unanimous decision nod over John Yannis this past June to improve his octagon record to 5-1. He is currently No. 15 at 135 pounds in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/rankings\/511846\/mma-divisional-rankings-arman-tsarukyan-makes-case-for-lightweight-crown-after-ufc-331-statement-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Fighting Global Rankings.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Romero has competed primarily for Los Angeles\u2019 Up Next Fighting promotion. In his most recent fight, he successfully defended the UNF bantamweight title with a first-round knockout over Yuma Horiuchi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">UFC 332 is headlined by a vacant flyweight title fight between Natalia Silva and Wang Cong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">See the updated lineup below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Main Card (Paramount+ and CBS, 8 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Payton Talbott<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">King Green vs. Esteban Ribovics<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Khaos Williams vs. Roberto Soldic<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Ateba Gautier vs. Roman Kopylov<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Preliminary Card (Paramount+, 6 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Imanol Rodriguez vs. Alden Coria<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Damian Pinas vs. Andrey Pulyaev<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Marcus McGhee vs. Bernardo Sopaj<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Anthony Wint vs. Lucas Armand<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Early Prelims (Paramount+, 4 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Johnny Walker vs. Mick Parkin<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Rafael dos Anjos vs. Alexander Hernandez<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Marvin Vettori vs. Ismail Naurdiev<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Jacobe Smith vs. Bruce Whitehead<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Court McGee vs. Eric Nolan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC 332 fight card has a late shakeup. 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